diff --git a/src/Extension/CoreExtension.php b/src/Extension/CoreExtension.php
index 260735abb..5f3b753c1 100644
--- a/src/Extension/CoreExtension.php
+++ b/src/Extension/CoreExtension.php
@@ -1474,25 +1474,31 @@ final class CoreExtension extends AbstractExtension
     /**
      * Provides the ability to get constants from instances as well as class/global constants.
      *
-     * @param string      $constant The name of the constant
-     * @param object|null $object   The object to get the constant from
+     * @param string      $constant     The name of the constant
+     * @param object|null $object       The object to get the constant from
+     * @param bool        $checkDefined Whether to check if the constant is defined or not
      *
      * @return mixed Class constants can return many types like scalars, arrays, and
      *               objects depending on the PHP version (\BackedEnum, \UnitEnum, etc.)
+     *               When $checkDefined is true, returns true when the constant is defined, false otherwise
      *
      * @internal
      */
-    public static function constant($constant, $object = null)
+    public static function constant($constant, $object = null, bool $checkDefined = false)
     {
         if (null !== $object) {
             if ('class' === $constant) {
-                return \get_class($object);
+                return $checkDefined ? true : \get_class($object);
             }
 
             $constant = \get_class($object).'::'.$constant;
         }
 
         if (!\defined($constant)) {
+            if ($checkDefined) {
+                return false;
+            }
+
             if ('::class' === strtolower(substr($constant, -7))) {
                 throw new RuntimeError(\sprintf('You cannot use the Twig function "constant()" to access "%s". You could provide an object and call constant("class", $object) or use the class name directly as a string.', $constant));
             }
@@ -1500,28 +1506,7 @@ final class CoreExtension extends AbstractExtension
             throw new RuntimeError(\sprintf('Constant "%s" is undefined.', $constant));
         }
 
-        return \constant($constant);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Checks if a constant exists.
-     *
-     * @param string      $constant The name of the constant
-     * @param object|null $object   The object to get the constant from
-     *
-     * @internal
-     */
-    public static function constantIsDefined($constant, $object = null): bool
-    {
-        if (null !== $object) {
-            if ('class' === $constant) {
-                return true;
-            }
-
-            $constant = \get_class($object).'::'.$constant;
-        }
-
-        return \defined($constant);
+        return $checkDefined ? true : \constant($constant);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Node/Expression/FunctionExpression.php b/src/Node/Expression/FunctionExpression.php
index b7136f6f7..763a0b44d 100644
--- a/src/Node/Expression/FunctionExpression.php
+++ b/src/Node/Expression/FunctionExpression.php
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 namespace Twig\Node\Expression;
 
 use Twig\Compiler;
-use Twig\Extension\CoreExtension;
 use Twig\Node\Node;
 
 class FunctionExpression extends CallExpression
@@ -31,14 +30,14 @@ class FunctionExpression extends CallExpression
         $this->setAttribute('needs_environment', $function->needsEnvironment());
         $this->setAttribute('needs_context', $function->needsContext());
         $this->setAttribute('arguments', $function->getArguments());
-        $callable = $function->getCallable();
-        if ('constant' === $name && $this->getAttribute('is_defined_test')) {
-            $callable = [CoreExtension::class, 'constantIsDefined'];
-        }
-        $this->setAttribute('callable', $callable);
+        $this->setAttribute('callable', $function->getCallable());
         $this->setAttribute('is_variadic', $function->isVariadic());
         $this->setAttribute('dynamic_name', $function->getDynamicName());
 
+        if ('constant' === $name && $this->getAttribute('is_defined_test')) {
+            $this->getNode('arguments')->setNode('checkDefined', new ConstantExpression(true, $this->getTemplateLine()));
+        }
+
         $this->compileCallable($compiler);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Resources/core.php b/src/Resources/core.php
index e5372cda4..6e2fcfb07 100644
--- a/src/Resources/core.php
+++ b/src/Resources/core.php
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ function twig_constant_is_defined($constant, $object = null)
 {
     trigger_deprecation('twig/twig', '3.9', 'Using the internal "%s" function is deprecated.', __FUNCTION__);
 
-    return CoreExtension::constantIsDefined($constant, $object);
+    return CoreExtension::constant($constant, $object, true);
 }
 
 /**